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Meanings of holdup in English
Usage of holdup in English
1
The really great immediate universal emergency to-day in America is the holdup.
2
They were too well dressed, he decided, to be ordinary holdup men.
3
Ostensibly, the holdup is coming from the end of the movie studios.
4
Then it all started with the holdup of that Shiloh Tool outfit?
5
Three did, but the others fled, triggering rumors of an attempted holdup.
6
Whatever the holdup is, I can't watch him lose any more blood.
7
The embargo issue was the final major holdup before a deal was sealed.
8
He will need a few years to learn the art of holdup play.
9
It was an ideal country for a holdup; lonely and lawless.
10
Police are looking for two bank robbers after an armed holdup in Whangarei.
11
At the center of the holdup is the proposed budget for Season 3.
12
Harvath took that as a good sign this wasn't a holdup.
13
Netflix product team member Roma De explains the holdup in a blog post.
14
This is the second holdup here at the Notch this summer.
15
Of course he doesn't expect the holdup-notin the papers anyhow.
16
Then I heard Chase call out, This is a holdup, friends.
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Translations for holdup
Portuguese
Catalan
Spanish
Holdup through the time
Holdup across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common